ROBBIE KEANE FACED a race against the clock to complete his move to the LA Galaxy last night after Tottenham reportedly accepted a late £3m bid from the MLS club.
With the league’s transfer window closing at 5am BST this morning, the Republic of Ireland striker had just a couple of hours to agree personal terms with the Galaxy, whose current stars include David Beckham and American international Landon Donovan.
Speculation linking the 31-year-old with a move to America first began to surface on Friday, but Galaxy coach Bruce Arena declined to comment on any potential signings when asked by ESPN yesterday.
Arena was also unwilling to shed any light on the future of former Aston Villa striker Juan Pablo Angel, who is currently unsettled at the west coast club. Due to the complex salary cap rules in the MLS, Angel had to leave the Galaxy ahead of the deadline before Keane could be signed.
Should the deal fall through, the Tallaght man is still likely to find plenty of interest closer to home, despite being told that his services are no longer required at White Hart Lane.
Leicester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is understood to be interested in signing Keane, though it is not known if the Championship club would be able to meet his wage demands.
As a Dub we have had some serious battles over the past 5 years with mayo and I don’t like them but I have huge admiration for them and there players. 50/50 next Saturday really looking forward to it.
It was a very good game, I don’t think the conditions had too much of an effect. Mayo surprised me big time, I sincerely thought they would not be at this stage of the championship after last years heartache but they are and they seem to be getting better with every game. If they had one more forward of the calibre of Moran they’d be very hard to beat. Kerry on the other hand had to rely on their vast experience to counter-act a sub-par performance, are they as bad as they were yesterday or was it just a blip? Anyway, hopefully the replay will be as good a game, look forward as a neutral to another enthralling game.
Interesting. The Kerry full back line looked like a herd of sheep going into a field for the first time. Maybe a billy could help them out instead of Tomas’ buddy.
Agree with some of the analysis but for me Mayo pushed up and hadnt the legs to get back to defend as we will see Tyrone and Dublin will filter back. I thought Moran was outstanding for Kerry. Its 50/50 for the replay but Mayo by one for me so the Dubs can beat them in another Final pg.
@Vinny Hughes: I didn’t know the other semi final was already played!
@Vinny Hughes:
Remember the red HAND OF ULSTER Vinny .your not there to beat anyone yet ,,,!!!!!!!’